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"Although the life of Walter Spencer-Stanhope occupies a large proportion of the present volumes, it is not the object of these pages to present one particular biography. They aim rather to be a record of certain facts and anecdotes gleaned from the papers of that old Yorkshire house of which he become owner."--Pref